Misc Traditional – United Steelworkers Are We (Guitar)

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3/4 Time Sung to the tune of "Squid Jiggin Ground" The final strum of the second line of every verse is a quick chord change on the third beat of the measure, but it should be held long, and sung with the first word of the next lyrical line. [Intro] C / / C / / F / / C / / F / / C / / C / / Am / G7 C / / F / / C / / C7 / / F / / C / / G7 / / C / / C / / [Verse 1]
    C                     F             C
Oh, we are the men of the Steelworkers’ Union,

     F              C                         Am    G7
From blast furnace, open hearth, foundry, and mill; From

C           F               C            C7
ingot mould stripping, from scarfing and chipping,

     F             C             G7            C
From out where the slag pots are dumped on the fill.
[Verse 2]
        C                        F           C
There’s men from Cape Breton and men from Vancouver,

  F        C                     Am    G7
Algoma and Stelco and old Montreal;    There's

C             F            C           C7
men from Bell Island, from prairie and highland;

F           C           G7           C
United Steelworkers are we, one and all.
[Verse 3]
    C                        F         C
Now we dig the ore out, and we run the smelter;

   F       C                    Am     G7
We make aluminum, pig iron, and steel, And

C          F                C           C7
we run the rail mills, the wire and the nail mills:

   F        C            G7           C
In industry Steelworkers are “the big wheel.”
[Verse 4]
   C                       F          C
We meet, and we battle the toughest employers;

   F             C                         Am     G7
At threats and injunctions and stooges, we laugh; Our

C           F               C           C7
leaders are strongest; our locals fight longest;

   F             C           G7            C
We have the best members; we have the best staff.
[Verse 5]
   C                     F            C
If you fancy licking the boots of the bosses

    F       C                          Am    G7
And for any favor their bidding you’ll do,   If

C             F         C       C7
you’re just a piker and never a striker,

    F             C        G7           C
The Steelworkers’ Union is no place for you!